Word: unselfish
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...legal tradition established in our family has been a long and distinguished one of unselfish service to our community...
...getting enough playing time or asking to be traded. The Sixers wasted their formidable skills in playground pyrotechnics and ego-invigorating one-on-one duels. The limitations of such tactics were all too evident in the championship series: Philadelphia was whipped by the less-talented but cohesive and unselfish Portland Trail Blazers. When this season began with a 2-4 whimper, Coach Shue was dispatched and Cunningham summoned...
...last week for the championship of the nation's capital, squads of college recruiters were scattered through the crowd of 12,500. Sharp-eyed men with pads and pencils, they liked what they saw, and knew what they would be getting. With his emphasis on fundamentals and unselfish shotmaking, Wootten's players can play defense as well as drive home a dunk-to the delight of college coaches. And his insistence on academic achievement produces athletes who can parse a sentence as well as pass a basketball-to the relief of admissions deans...
...Louis had a scoring slump in the middle of the season when the naturally unselfish player, concerned that she might be hogging the ball too much, became gun-shy, passing when she had opportunities to shoot. If it were not for her reluctance, she might have 25 goals by now. As it is, she has outscored her team's opposition's total this season by seven...
...same unselfish attitude helped Doherty last year, when he played all season injured, yet still carried 25 times and grabbed six passes. Despite a chronic dislocated shoulder, Chris insists he was "thrilled just to be playing...